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koch summer fellows program. the koch summer fellowship is a paid public policy internship "at the state level the fellowship strengthens the institutional capacity of market-oriented think tanks." you and i might not get invited to the kochs' fund-raising party in the desert. we don't get to watch them building their network. but every so often we get a glimpse of the kochs' network itself building. >> next -- and this is my personal favorite because it's the one i direct, is the koch summer fellow program. and the koch summer fellow program is run by the institute for humane studies, and here are the basics. and obviously, i can go into a lot more detail in the q & a session. it's a paid internship program which pairs you with opportunities throughout the entire country. so we work with state policy network, and one of the advantages that we have there is many of the state groups aren't able to pay internships. they only have unpaid internships. and so through the koch summer fellow program we actually provide
koch summer fellows program. the koch summer fellowship is a paid public policy internship "at the state level the fellowship strengthens the institutional capacity of market-oriented think tanks." you and i might not get invited to the kochs' fund-raising party in the desert. we don't get to watch them building their network. but every so often we get a glimpse of the kochs' network itself building. >> next -- and this is my personal favorite because it's the one i direct, is...
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people from industries were koch charities or other koch operations that were on the board or staff of this entity that were doling out well over $100 million, over $200 million, really, to an array of groups. and those groups -- many of those groups were running ads in the elections. those ads were so-called issue ads, but they were plainly designed to influence the outcome of the election, in my opinion. write -- article they she goes on to say "the resources in a breath of the organization make it singular in american politics, and operation conducted outside the campaign finance system, employing an array of groups and the stopping what its financiers view as government overreach." the coalition target different constituencies, but together have mounted attacks on the new health care law, federal spending, and environment of regulations." so explain how this cloaking is done. >> it is quite clear the koch brothers and their semi retreats at posh resorts i can colorado's and other places have been gathering together billionaires and millionaires to help fund the source of operati
people from industries were koch charities or other koch operations that were on the board or staff of this entity that were doling out well over $100 million, over $200 million, really, to an array of groups. and those groups -- many of those groups were running ads in the elections. those ads were so-called issue ads, but they were plainly designed to influence the outcome of the election, in my opinion. write -- article they she goes on to say "the resources in a breath of the...
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, worked for koch operations or for koch foundations, and were part of the koch effort to change our law and change our country. that's their vision is how to change our democracy in ways that fit their mold. and they have a bunch of donors like the doaner from chicago quoted in the story. >> right. >> who are along with them. i would call them chronis. >> we'll have to leave it there. we're going to keep watching the story. but i'm out of time for this segment. thank you both for your time tonight. >> thank you. >> thank you. >>> breaking news from the senate. just moments ago, majority leader harry reid delayed that critical test vote on extending jobless benefits. that vote is now set for 10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. at stake is unemployment benefits for 3.1 million americans. many senators were absent tonight due to travel problems connected with the weather. >>> ahead, senator marco rubio's plans to address what he calls a failed war on poverty. this should be interesting. >>> but president obama and the democrats have a real plan of attack on income inequality. and the fight is
, worked for koch operations or for koch foundations, and were part of the koch effort to change our law and change our country. that's their vision is how to change our democracy in ways that fit their mold. and they have a bunch of donors like the doaner from chicago quoted in the story. >> right. >> who are along with them. i would call them chronis. >> we'll have to leave it there. we're going to keep watching the story. but i'm out of time for this segment. thank you both...
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the third koch brother this all happened after. secret meetings which were never never shown on christie schedule between david koch and chris christie and charles and david koch one in manhattan one media manhattan one meeting in vail colorado these are not on his schedule why is this important because tom if christie is secretly coordinated. consulting giving any hints or working at all with the coax and a so-called independent committee to spend six million dollars remote him and blowed up his political career that's still against the law citizens united or not that's still the last remaining law that chris christie may have figured out how to break that's why we need a subpoena on the big boys on the billionaires around chris christie. that's that's that's astounding. first of all of the if these meetings were not on the governor's schedule how did you find out that he was hanging out with the cokes. well if you understand i was working with the f.b.i. about seventeen years ago hunting down the cokes i didn't even know who they
the third koch brother this all happened after. secret meetings which were never never shown on christie schedule between david koch and chris christie and charles and david koch one in manhattan one media manhattan one meeting in vail colorado these are not on his schedule why is this important because tom if christie is secretly coordinated. consulting giving any hints or working at all with the coax and a so-called independent committee to spend six million dollars remote him and blowed up...
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koch, or the other mr. koch, you are welcome on the show anytime. i would love to discuss these matters with you, right here, in person, live and without interruption. any time. and it would be easy to set up. you apparently already have my number. that does it for us tonight. we appreciate you being with us. happy new year. we'll see you again monday. i do have to tell you, that before you can go to your weekend you do have to spend important, quality, quiet time, in prison. >>> due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. >> msnbc takes you behind the walls of america's most notorious prisons. into a world of chaos and danger. now, scenes you've never seen, "lockup: raw." inside prison or jail, regrets are never in short supply. >> actually killed an innocent kid. that haunts me. >> and as if watching "lockup" isn't warning enough for some -- >> tell him you will get [ bleep ] up in my book. >> this is a place where people
koch, or the other mr. koch, you are welcome on the show anytime. i would love to discuss these matters with you, right here, in person, live and without interruption. any time. and it would be easy to set up. you apparently already have my number. that does it for us tonight. we appreciate you being with us. happy new year. we'll see you again monday. i do have to tell you, that before you can go to your weekend you do have to spend important, quality, quiet time, in prison. >>> due...
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koch, the other mr. koch, you are welcome on the show any time. i would love to discuss them live, in person, without interruption. it will be easy to set up. you apparently already have my number. that does it for tonight. we appreciate it. happy new year. >> "weekends with alex witt" starts now. >>> deep freeze. historic cold freeze across the u.s. it is bringing mind boggling low temperatures. exactly how low and where? details next. >>> clemency for edward snowden? what will it take for that to happen or if it should happen. >>> the biggest security operation in sports history, but will it be enough? new questions today about the olympic games in russia. >>> sticker shock. that's what you might find at the grocery store in the new year. how high might some prices go?
koch, the other mr. koch, you are welcome on the show any time. i would love to discuss them live, in person, without interruption. it will be easy to set up. you apparently already have my number. that does it for tonight. we appreciate it. happy new year. >> "weekends with alex witt" starts now. >>> deep freeze. historic cold freeze across the u.s. it is bringing mind boggling low temperatures. exactly how low and where? details next. >>> clemency for edward...
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that's the koch brothers group that has been promoting this idea, right, the same koch brothers group that has been telling people not to get health insurance. they're the ones that came up with the idea that it's a great use of state funds. the court laughed out loud at that in their ruling. that court ruling was from the fall of 2011. just a few months before the florida drug test the poor policy went into effect. the policy got blocked by the courts. the state was mocked by trying to have pretended that this koch brothers group was some sort of expert think tank on the subject. but even after that, that same group, the koch brothers affiliated group, they traveled around the country marketing florida's great policy success as something that all the republican-controlled states should try to do. look, here's their press release about how they attended public hearings in georgia to share florida's drug test the poor success story. here's the guy who was the author of that pamphlet that the court laughed at in its court ruling. here's him being photographed with a republican state sen
that's the koch brothers group that has been promoting this idea, right, the same koch brothers group that has been telling people not to get health insurance. they're the ones that came up with the idea that it's a great use of state funds. the court laughed out loud at that in their ruling. that court ruling was from the fall of 2011. just a few months before the florida drug test the poor policy went into effect. the policy got blocked by the courts. the state was mocked by trying to have...
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but look, the koch brothers are targeting all the democratic women. this is part of the republican war on women. they've got three women democratic senators -- >> this has nothing to do with health care. >> they're pouring millions of dollars in it. i do not think the republicans are going to take back the senate by targeting women and using the money of the extreme right to try to -- >> he's very clever. >> -- fore-monger these election pz p. >> socarides is a very clever guy but to suggest this is a war on women -- >> let's come up with two names for richard to consider. terry lynn lannon in michigan who is surging and is going to be the upset special in the senate race, and in colorado amy -- >> huge upset. >> amy stevens in colorado. it's awfully hard to wage a war on women when in fact women are waging a war on democrats and they are waging the war on democrats because their health care is poor. my friend mary catherine handler came up with the term doc shock. women more than men are going to experience doc shock when they find their health care
but look, the koch brothers are targeting all the democratic women. this is part of the republican war on women. they've got three women democratic senators -- >> this has nothing to do with health care. >> they're pouring millions of dollars in it. i do not think the republicans are going to take back the senate by targeting women and using the money of the extreme right to try to -- >> he's very clever. >> -- fore-monger these election pz p. >> socarides is a...
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is a some ways, art pope junior sized version of the koch brothers. he has what some might call a factory production line for his ideology. the people that work for his think tanks are on the radio, they have websites, they have publications that are statewide. they get their message out all the time. message aimed at the moral monday protesters. have been arrested for disrupting the state legislature. ofit accuses protest leaders marching to protect access to government handouts. >> these organizations are fighting to keep their spot at the public trough. welcome to money mondays. he is now at head of the pope civitas institute. >> having worked here for seven years and running it for six years, art pope's control is very little. i always like to describe him as a holocene want. among his different groups, you will see that they do not always agree. the group that he funds do not always agree on policy. not always, but certainly enough. by 2015, the highest earning north carolinians will pay almost 26% less in income tax than in 2013. corporations wi
is a some ways, art pope junior sized version of the koch brothers. he has what some might call a factory production line for his ideology. the people that work for his think tanks are on the radio, they have websites, they have publications that are statewide. they get their message out all the time. message aimed at the moral monday protesters. have been arrested for disrupting the state legislature. ofit accuses protest leaders marching to protect access to government handouts. >>...
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where a homosexual gay man running for office was death for ed koch in that race. it was terrible. >> do you believe he was involved? >> he was the tough as nails campaign manager, as i recall, andrew was. this was an awful thing that he said. working at fox, i'm not a person who is pro-life, and anti-gay, but i come to understand there are people who have deeply held beliefs. >> you will put up with me. >> in other words, he -- >> i'm not wanted in my own state where i grew up in. yeah. >> sean, it is like the statue of liberty welcoming people to new york. instead of giving me your hungry and poor and huddled masses, it is give me those who are pro choice, pro gun control, and pro gay marriage and all others stay out. >> he is trying to back that off. i don't see how you back off that comment. >> i don't see how you back it off. he is basically saying turn into a bunch of sheep. fall in line with me. conservatives live in new york state, they're going to take their wallets with them, that is what bloomberg figured out because he needs them to fund the welfare sta
where a homosexual gay man running for office was death for ed koch in that race. it was terrible. >> do you believe he was involved? >> he was the tough as nails campaign manager, as i recall, andrew was. this was an awful thing that he said. working at fox, i'm not a person who is pro-life, and anti-gay, but i come to understand there are people who have deeply held beliefs. >> you will put up with me. >> in other words, he -- >> i'm not wanted in my own state...
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groups affiliated with the koch brothers raise more money during the twenty twelve elections than all presidential candidates raised twelve years ago during the two thousand elections to separate small d democratic republic on its way to becoming your oligarchy talk about that and more into night's big picture politics and also as the weather gets colder times get tougher for america's halmos what we do right now to help the worst off in our societies stay warm in the dark of winter or on that connecticut senator chris murphy later on in the show and republicans are willing to let people die for the most shallow of reasons to tell you the reason it's a nice feeling that. you need to know this nine hundred americans have already finished pain their social security taxes for the year of twenty fourteen let me repeat nine hundred americans actually it's probably more than that by now have already finished painting all their social security taxes for this kamin new year. the next twelve months not surprisingly those nine hundred americans are some of the nation's wealthiest people they're
groups affiliated with the koch brothers raise more money during the twenty twelve elections than all presidential candidates raised twelve years ago during the two thousand elections to separate small d democratic republic on its way to becoming your oligarchy talk about that and more into night's big picture politics and also as the weather gets colder times get tougher for america's halmos what we do right now to help the worst off in our societies stay warm in the dark of winter or on that...
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thank you for calling in. >> guest: i'm a big fan thereof the koch brothers. they're capital lists and halted by the left and see the country going to help and want to do something about it. i want to salute the koch brothers and thank them. now, what else can we do? i mean, i don't know of anything else we can do. the brilliance of article 5 in the state convention process is it bypasses obama and harry reid and boehner and the court and the massive bureaucracy, and somebody might say, well, how is it -- if they don't comply with the constitution today, obama as an example -- what makes you think that it will comply with these amendments. that's the brilliance of the process. whether they comply or not, the states will decide what they states comply with. so if three-fifths of the state overturn a federal statute and obama wants to continue to implement the federal statute, then he is violating the constitution and the states need not comply. so, if you're going to have a president, like congress, that is so lawless now, that they blatantly violate something
thank you for calling in. >> guest: i'm a big fan thereof the koch brothers. they're capital lists and halted by the left and see the country going to help and want to do something about it. i want to salute the koch brothers and thank them. now, what else can we do? i mean, i don't know of anything else we can do. the brilliance of article 5 in the state convention process is it bypasses obama and harry reid and boehner and the court and the massive bureaucracy, and somebody might say,...
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talk about the koch brothers. for people outside, steve rattner, that aren't new yorkers, they don't realize koch brothers, they give some money to politics but it's just a fraction of what they give to the arts and the lincoln center and so many other places in new york. that's why it's so funny. i mean somebody will scream and yell they gave a hundred thousand in this race and you look at the tens of millions of dollars they have given to the arts and it's a fascinating piece. >> i don't like his politics but he gave $60 million to fix the whole plaza to fix the metropolitan people whemuseum w live. i heard him say people say how did you get rich? so i say to them, well, i went out and when i was a kid bought a dozen apples for two cents each and sold them for four cents each and tie that money and kept doing it over and over again and then my daddy died and left me $300 million. >> that's funny. >> a likeable guy. >> but i hate his politics. >> i'm sure he hates yours too. >>> one of the lead stories this morni
talk about the koch brothers. for people outside, steve rattner, that aren't new yorkers, they don't realize koch brothers, they give some money to politics but it's just a fraction of what they give to the arts and the lincoln center and so many other places in new york. that's why it's so funny. i mean somebody will scream and yell they gave a hundred thousand in this race and you look at the tens of millions of dollars they have given to the arts and it's a fascinating piece. >> i...
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number one, the koch brothers don't fund anything that i do. number two, no groups buy my .. >> host: buses, leaflets. >> guest: i have no idea about buses or leaflets, but so what if they do? gee whiz, the democrats never use big money to fund anything. let's see, what was the other thing he said, do you remember it all? yeah, i know, it was so memorable. but -- i can't think of everything that he said. but -- >> host: he couldn't get through on your screeners. ing? that's a good screen or. [laughter] sometimes they sneak through, sometimes they don't. but everything he said there is a lie. every single thing he said there is a lie. >> host: but to the larger issue or to another issue -- >> guest: yes. >> host: -- of talking with and >> to another issue of talking with and reading people you disagree with. >> i have discussions with people i disagree with. substantive, intelligent discussions. if a guy calls me and says somebody funds something that they happened funded, if they are pushing the left-wing conspiracy crap, what am i is supposed
number one, the koch brothers don't fund anything that i do. number two, no groups buy my .. >> host: buses, leaflets. >> guest: i have no idea about buses or leaflets, but so what if they do? gee whiz, the democrats never use big money to fund anything. let's see, what was the other thing he said, do you remember it all? yeah, i know, it was so memorable. but -- i can't think of everything that he said. but -- >> host: he couldn't get through on your screeners. ing? that's a...
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last year they made billions of dollars, the koch brothers. what they're doing is spending their pw-fls dollars on governors races, and on the state level and of course spending huge amounts of money around the country attempting to defeat democrats both in the house and the senate. mr. president, the republican leader has long been an opponent of the campaign finance reform. this has been part of his career. so it is no surprise he opposes the administration's efforts for greater disclosure. the abuse here is not the administration enforcing the law but folks like the koch brothers pretending to be social welfare organizations. the presiding officer has dedicated much of his life to improving the social welfare of people from his state, and these social welfare organizations are extremely helpful to do things to help people who have problems. but the koch brothers aren't a social welfare organization but they're plainly acting as political organizations, spending tens, hundreds of millions of dollars. they act as if it is nothing dealing with
last year they made billions of dollars, the koch brothers. what they're doing is spending their pw-fls dollars on governors races, and on the state level and of course spending huge amounts of money around the country attempting to defeat democrats both in the house and the senate. mr. president, the republican leader has long been an opponent of the campaign finance reform. this has been part of his career. so it is no surprise he opposes the administration's efforts for greater disclosure....
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the koch brothers run big business. you approve of the way that sheldon adelson spend his money during the presidential primary last year? >> we don't do presidential elections. you just said that you respected and thought that he was sensible -- >> i am talking about the house and the senate. >> let's go back to the koch brothers. >> i didn't talk about adelson personally. i said the money he invested went to candidates that were in support of the enterprise system. >> that's what i meant. i didn't mean to characterize what you are saying. you made it clear that why comes to congress, you approved of the way that sheldon adelson spend his money. >> generally speaking. >> let's get to the koch brothers. fact they spend money. they challenge conventional wisdom and they are business people. they really understand the serious challenges that we face. they might support, it is still to see. there haven't been to many people aggressive in primaries. we did a few of them last time. we do discuss the matter with them. we cann
the koch brothers run big business. you approve of the way that sheldon adelson spend his money during the presidential primary last year? >> we don't do presidential elections. you just said that you respected and thought that he was sensible -- >> i am talking about the house and the senate. >> let's go back to the koch brothers. >> i didn't talk about adelson personally. i said the money he invested went to candidates that were in support of the enterprise system....
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brothers money. >> you don't get more shadowy than the koch brothers. if this is how they want to spend their money, again, just like they did in 2012, attacking democrats on the affordable care act, let them. because at the end of the day, when you compare the democratic plan, which is the affordable care act, a plan that actually is giving better, more affordable health care to more people, and you compare that to the republican plan, which was to shut down the government in order to take those benefits away, i'm happy to have that discussion. and so right now there are more people with health care than there were before, there are more people with affordable health care, more people with protections against being discriminated against for pre-existing conditions. they want to take that away and they went as far as to shut down the government. i'm happy to have that debate. >> mo, good to see you, thank you. >> thank you. >>> if you read only one thing this morning, if you drink coffee or know someone who does, my must read is for you. it's about the
brothers money. >> you don't get more shadowy than the koch brothers. if this is how they want to spend their money, again, just like they did in 2012, attacking democrats on the affordable care act, let them. because at the end of the day, when you compare the democratic plan, which is the affordable care act, a plan that actually is giving better, more affordable health care to more people, and you compare that to the republican plan, which was to shut down the government in order to...
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cothe koch brothers are reshaping the landscape. >>> and a tuning turnaround on marijuana. we have new poll numbers showing a rather dramatic change in the way people think about pot. [ male announcer ] the new new york is open. open to innovation. open to ambition. open to bold ideas. that's why new york has a new plan -- dozens of tax free zones all across the state. move here, expand here, or start a new business here and pay no taxes for ten years... we're new york. if there's something that creates more jobs, and grows more businesses... we're open to it. start a tax-free business at startup-ny.com. did you run into traffic? no, just had to stop by the house to grab a few things. you stopped by the house? uh-huh. yea. alright, whenever you get your stuff, run upstairs, get cleaned up for dinner. you leave the house in good shape? yea. yea, of course. ♪ [ sportscaster talking on tv ] last-second field go-- yea, sure ya did. [ male announcer ] introducing at&t digital life. personalized home security and automation. get professionally monitored security for just $29.99
cothe koch brothers are reshaping the landscape. >>> and a tuning turnaround on marijuana. we have new poll numbers showing a rather dramatic change in the way people think about pot. [ male announcer ] the new new york is open. open to innovation. open to ambition. open to bold ideas. that's why new york has a new plan -- dozens of tax free zones all across the state. move here, expand here, or start a new business here and pay no taxes for ten years... we're new york. if there's...
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ed koch was one of the most liberal members of the house of representatives when he became mayor, he became an extraordinarily practical and very conservative mayor. sometimes it happens, we had the example of president obama who probably has gone more to the left, so we're going to have to see what happens, but these ideas are not progressive ideas, these are retrogressive ideas, they're all ideas that have failed over and over and over again. >> what did mayor koch say? >> after six months of being in office, and complaining about how the city was falling about, he said the people have spoken and now they must be punished. >> great. we're going to be punished on a federal level, congressional level, now in the city. great to see you, appreciate it. >>> still ahead right here on hannity. >> we need to go back to america, take the abuse. do you, sir. >> it only gets better, when we come back, our great american panel to react to dennis rodman's melt joan over north korea, as well as tim tebow's epic debut. wait until you hear about his prediction that he made about last night's big g
ed koch was one of the most liberal members of the house of representatives when he became mayor, he became an extraordinarily practical and very conservative mayor. sometimes it happens, we had the example of president obama who probably has gone more to the left, so we're going to have to see what happens, but these ideas are not progressive ideas, these are retrogressive ideas, they're all ideas that have failed over and over and over again. >> what did mayor koch say? >> after...
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but there is another historical president which was ed koch, mayor ed koch back in 1982 said he said oh those upstate suburbanites who drive their trucks to sears and roebuck to buy their suits. remarkably it was marrow cuomo who came back with an ad that said i love new york. all of new york. this was not a good moment for this governor right now in terms of his own state in upstate new york. >> you mentioned he is thinking of maybe running. check to see what seacketd clinton is going to do. a position that governor martin o'malley. also sitting there watching. this may be something that helps governor o'malley if his main rival is srst stepping on it? >> wide to the left on a variety of issues. social issues. making a very hard push for gay marriage after governor cuomo got that first in new york. >> they both have problems with the healthcare law governor o'malley was praising it sort of betrayed himself as a whiz on technological matters. it's been disaster. nice to he so you. president obama calling some terrorist group jv. what does he mean by that? is that a dangerous thing to
but there is another historical president which was ed koch, mayor ed koch back in 1982 said he said oh those upstate suburbanites who drive their trucks to sears and roebuck to buy their suits. remarkably it was marrow cuomo who came back with an ad that said i love new york. all of new york. this was not a good moment for this governor right now in terms of his own state in upstate new york. >> you mentioned he is thinking of maybe running. check to see what seacketd clinton is going to...
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some of those corporations are privately held like koch industries. we know that google and some of these other high-tech companies have joined alec. while more than 90 corporations and nonprofits have left as a result of a national coalition effort there are numerous corporations that remain and are pushing bills like labelling bars to keep us from knowing where our food is coming from. >> i should say, the koch company said we feel the say way as msnbc's parent, we support them. has there been a turn in opinion, particularly nationally in the wake of the trayvon martin shooting? >> that's right, we've gone from 46 members down to a handful now and it just parallels what's happening nationally, and the biggest concern obviously, the policies are extreme, i guess they have the right to debate those in the public square, but the biggest concern is just the absolute lack of transparency here. when a lobbyist comes and approaches me about legislation, i know who they're representing. i know who their client is. alec is a faceless organization and it's al
some of those corporations are privately held like koch industries. we know that google and some of these other high-tech companies have joined alec. while more than 90 corporations and nonprofits have left as a result of a national coalition effort there are numerous corporations that remain and are pushing bills like labelling bars to keep us from knowing where our food is coming from. >> i should say, the koch company said we feel the say way as msnbc's parent, we support them. has...
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i'll speak to the ceo koch . the youth unemployment, the ceo of cisco, about how he sees the next stage of the internet being about inanimate objects like bridges that warn you when they're about to fail. the forum is about big ideas, and i'm going there because i think you deserve as much access to those ideas as those who have the time, money and influence to attend. so i'ming about to be your ice and ears to let you know about the dig themes being discussed, so you can prosper from those ideas, too. i'm there to work. i won't hit the slopes, not even once but that's not much of a challenge because i'm not that good of a skier. that's our show today. i'm ali velshi. al jazeera america. we understand that every news story begins and ends with people. >> the efforts are focused on rescuing stranded residents. >> we pursue that story beyond the headline, pass the spokesperson, to the streets. >> thousands of riot police deployed across the capital. >> we put all of our global resources behind every story. >> it is
i'll speak to the ceo koch . the youth unemployment, the ceo of cisco, about how he sees the next stage of the internet being about inanimate objects like bridges that warn you when they're about to fail. the forum is about big ideas, and i'm going there because i think you deserve as much access to those ideas as those who have the time, money and influence to attend. so i'ming about to be your ice and ears to let you know about the dig themes being discussed, so you can prosper from those...
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the koch brothers are clearly conservative but they give enormous amount of money to hospitals. >> and you say give them credit for that. >> yes. you don't have to agree with everything. i don't know if i agree with either side but i think they all deserve credit. there are also a lot of people who aren't billionaires, who aren't even millionaires who write small checks or give their time. they work and lobby their elected officials to take government money and try to improve the health of everybody. they deserve credit as well. >> maybe that feeds in to what you were talking about. some people feel that their lives have improved. how can they care about the problems that you are talking about? >> the question is, are you willing to spend less than one percent on saving lives for a few thousand dollars per life. the european governments tend to be about twice as generous on these eight issues as the united states is. they set a good example. even the u.k. is making increases. it is a political decision. if this cynicism, the lack of understanding that good things are happening is out t
the koch brothers are clearly conservative but they give enormous amount of money to hospitals. >> and you say give them credit for that. >> yes. you don't have to agree with everything. i don't know if i agree with either side but i think they all deserve credit. there are also a lot of people who aren't billionaires, who aren't even millionaires who write small checks or give their time. they work and lobby their elected officials to take government money and try to improve the...
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now and we've never seen anything like what we've seen since two thousand and ten this flurry of the koch brothers and karl rove and all these different groups millions and millions of dollars into initiatives whether it's right to work whether it's to muscle labor as they tried to do in california or basically to stop public employees from organizing and having unions and you see that in wisconsin you see it in ohio and they're trying it over and over again here you've been seeing it in pennsylvania so what we've got to do is to stand up for that right now and we're doing a good job and we beat the prop thirty five i think it was out in california we were able to beat that we were able to do s.b. five in ohio so we were able to rally people and they really see that organized labor kid get the vote out and that's what happened in twelve but obama took those states which they thought they had sewed up they thought they had michigan florida they thought they had ohio sewed up they thought they had pennsylvania and they didn't obama won and they won because of labor so we are a powerful forc
now and we've never seen anything like what we've seen since two thousand and ten this flurry of the koch brothers and karl rove and all these different groups millions and millions of dollars into initiatives whether it's right to work whether it's to muscle labor as they tried to do in california or basically to stop public employees from organizing and having unions and you see that in wisconsin you see it in ohio and they're trying it over and over again here you've been seeing it in...
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i'll speak to the ceo koch. the youth unemployment, the ceo of cisco, about how he sees the next stage of the internet being about inanimate objects like bridges that warn you when they're about to fail. the forum is about big ideas, and i'm going there because i think you deserve as much access to those ideas as those who have the time, money and influence to attend. so i'ming about to be your ice and ears to let you know about the dig themes being discussed, so you can prosper from those ideas, too. i'm there to work. i won't hit the slopes, not even once but that's not much of a challenge because i'm not that good of a skier. that's our show today. i'm ali velshi. >> hello, you're at the "listening post." this week, south sudan, what they're fighting over as opposed to what the media is reporting there. russia is doing something that it hasn't done since it was the soviet union. and we're in israel and the free newspaper that has been a game changer. and what would
i'll speak to the ceo koch. the youth unemployment, the ceo of cisco, about how he sees the next stage of the internet being about inanimate objects like bridges that warn you when they're about to fail. the forum is about big ideas, and i'm going there because i think you deserve as much access to those ideas as those who have the time, money and influence to attend. so i'ming about to be your ice and ears to let you know about the dig themes being discussed, so you can prosper from those...
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your point about the location, americans for prosperity, political arm of the conservative billionaire koch brothers, is going local now. they're launching a multi-million dollar ad in north carolina, louisiana, and new hampshire. and the goal is to continue to exploit the president's misstep when he said that if americans like their insurance plans they could keep them. here are a couple of excerpts. they're from the ads. >> those individuals who like the coverage they already have will be able to keep their current plan. this is a very accurate description of this bill. >> but now louisianians are finding out that they lied. >> i was shocked when i got the notice that my health care policy was canceled. kay hagen told us if you like your insurance plans and your doctors, you could keep them. >> it's the lie of the year. >> you can keep your insurance if you like it. >> and senator shaheen kept telling it. truth is thousands have already had their insurance canceled. >> isn't that advocacy for the right to be underinsured and does that run contrary to a sort of bedrock republican principle
your point about the location, americans for prosperity, political arm of the conservative billionaire koch brothers, is going local now. they're launching a multi-million dollar ad in north carolina, louisiana, and new hampshire. and the goal is to continue to exploit the president's misstep when he said that if americans like their insurance plans they could keep them. here are a couple of excerpts. they're from the ads. >> those individuals who like the coverage they already have will...
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resembling oil and then refined and we and the bizarre part about it is you know these refineries that the koch brothers and others own down on the gulf coast we keep the poisons from the refining process we get the cancers we get the polluted air and then we ship the diesel fuel and gasoline off to mexico or england or china or you know someplace else i mean how is that right. and how is that conservative why are the republicans like all over this. larry in vancouver b.c. hey larry thanks for calling you want to talk about a national popular vote. are here to talk to tom and i really appreciate your show thank you i have heard two question i want to know is there any effort to reform the congress critters. gerrymandered. there is no serious three effort in answer that i can answer very quickly. in terms of the poker be true to your record for being our national presidential vote for any effort to reform got it wrong yeah that you're getting a lot more traction there larry thanks for the call. and there's good news and bad news. there are states that have signed up that have agreed to legislati
resembling oil and then refined and we and the bizarre part about it is you know these refineries that the koch brothers and others own down on the gulf coast we keep the poisons from the refining process we get the cancers we get the polluted air and then we ship the diesel fuel and gasoline off to mexico or england or china or you know someplace else i mean how is that right. and how is that conservative why are the republicans like all over this. larry in vancouver b.c. hey larry thanks for...
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violent battles during a war in iraq it became a stronghold of sunni anti-american resistance adam koch cash was one of those who fought in fallujah at that time and he thinks what we are seeing now are the political mistakes of the past i have come a long way since my time in fallujah in two thousand and four there's been able to step back and you know i've been involved you know a lot of various efforts here in the united states to help veterans out with p.t.s.d. and things like that so i think it's incredible to see that you know a lot of the projections that those of us who understood what the war was about at least figured out when we got home coming true now because when you understand the nature of war as a racket you want to stand the true motivations behind the united states invasion occupation when you want to stand what kind of puppet government was installed in iraq your standard it was really only a matter of time before this happened and was spoke to the president of the u.k.'s arab lawyers association and he says the country's prime minister and his cabinet have completel
violent battles during a war in iraq it became a stronghold of sunni anti-american resistance adam koch cash was one of those who fought in fallujah at that time and he thinks what we are seeing now are the political mistakes of the past i have come a long way since my time in fallujah in two thousand and four there's been able to step back and you know i've been involved you know a lot of various efforts here in the united states to help veterans out with p.t.s.d. and things like that so i...
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templeton and prominent families in town including the beaches and leaders of wichita aviation fame, the kochs, parents and friends of people in this room. liked to talk about people and the places he had been and the inclusive bohemian club in california. he would run around talking with everybody, al new heart of usa today, british actor david niven beloved to brag about the people he met. from the stories he was a downright hazardous driver and definitely a worse time but. i thought about a title, why stop at red? apparently red lights and willard didn't really agree. i am sure i will hear some stories after this. but he was a fantastic dancer who once landed himself in a cool after one too many exuberance that close to the edge. then he went home and changed into a new tuxedo prompting the other guests at a party to assume willard was the only man in town with two tuxes. i wasn't sure that was true. one person tells you a story you don't know and i told that the y p o meeting and someone said i was at that party. .. from one of his talks to this very which don't let their patients unfamili
templeton and prominent families in town including the beaches and leaders of wichita aviation fame, the kochs, parents and friends of people in this room. liked to talk about people and the places he had been and the inclusive bohemian club in california. he would run around talking with everybody, al new heart of usa today, british actor david niven beloved to brag about the people he met. from the stories he was a downright hazardous driver and definitely a worse time but. i thought about a...
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for its likely during the war in iraq to become a stronghold of sunni anti american resistance adam koch and his will is due for completion in time the thick smoke was seen out with the echoes of political mistakes man. a long way since my retirement solutions developed for and been able to step back into it i've been involved in a lot of various efforts in the united states to help the veterans if you see and things like that. it is isn't it incredible to see that in all one of the predictions that those of us who understood with the war was about at least figured out when we got home. coming through now is great when you understand the nature of war or as a racket you understand the true motivations behind the united states invasion occupation when you understand what kind of puppet government was installed in iraq. your senator was really only a matter of time before this happened. a smuggler to present the praise of lawyers association told the country's prime minister and cabinet completely failed to save the country from ruin he hasn't been able to stop the acts which has been taki
for its likely during the war in iraq to become a stronghold of sunni anti american resistance adam koch and his will is due for completion in time the thick smoke was seen out with the echoes of political mistakes man. a long way since my retirement solutions developed for and been able to step back into it i've been involved in a lot of various efforts in the united states to help the veterans if you see and things like that. it is isn't it incredible to see that in all one of the predictions...